Combination coat and pants hanger



July 5, 1960 H. HANSEN 2,943,774

COMBINATION COAT AND PANTS HANGER Filed Feb. 21, 1958 INVENTOR ATTORNEYEaroldfiigzz sell United States Patent COMBINATION COAT AND PANTS HANGERHarold Hansen, RED. '1, Box 128, Stafiord Springs, Conn.

Filed Feb. 21, 1958, Ser. No. 716,698

1 Claim. (Cl. 223-88) This invention relates to improvements incombination coat and pants hangers, the principal object of the presentinvention being to provide a pants hanger installed on a coat hanger andadapted to suspend pants by their cuff portions to the end that thepants will retain their usual pressed or creased appearance, afterremoval from the hanger.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a structure ofthe character stated which will accommodate pants cults of varioussizes.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a pants hangerwherein the pants engaging portions are disposed within the pants cufr',thus eliminating any chance of outside marks or impressions on the pantscuffs due to outside engagement.

A further object is to provide a pants hanger for conventional coathangers, which can be used for supporting ladies skirts and childrensclothing.

These and various other objects and advantages of the invention willbecome apparent to the reader of the following description.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the combination hanger.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view looking inwardly from the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross-section taken on line 3--3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective view showing one end ofthe pants hanger.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals designate like parts, itcan be seen that numeral '10 generally refers to a substantiallyconventional hanger consisting of the substantially V-shaped structurerepresented and composed of downwardly diverged arms 11, .11 whichsupport the shoulder portions of a coat or like garment. Rising from themedial point of this coat hanger 10 is a hook 12 for supporting thehanger.

Numeral 13 denotes the improved pants hanger which consists of a pair oftubes .14, 15, these tubes telescoping, with the tube 15 preferablyriding over the tube 14, or of course the tube 14 may actually be a rod.

2,943,774 Patented July 5, 1960 The tubes 14, 15 at their outer ends areflattened as at 16 and U-shaped to receive the upper compressed medialportion 17 of pants engaging leg assembly .18. Each assembly consists ofa pair of depending legs 19, 19, preferably notched as at 20 along theirouter edges.

The flattened U-shaped portion 16, embracing the compressed medialportion 17 of the assembly 18 may be spotwelded or otherwise permanentlysecured to the assembly 18.

Vertically disposed wire spring members 21, 21, coiled at their medialpoints, as at 22, have their upper ends embedded in the arms 11, 11 ofthe coat hanger .10, while their lower ends are attached to the tubes14, 15, as shown in Figure 1.

It can be observed, that the cuffs of a pair of pants can be supportedby the structures 18, 18, by simply compressing the pants hanger 13 andpulling the cuffs up over the legs 19 of the assemblies 18, and byreleasing the hanger 13, so that the springs 21, 21 will assume theposition substantially shown in Figure l, the legs 19 firmly grip theinner sides of the cuffs and support the pants in a vertically suspendedposition, by the cuffs.

While the foregoing description sets forth the invention in specificterms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, sizeand materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A combination coat and pants hanger, said coat hanger comprising a pairof downwardly diverging elongated supporting arms carrying .a mediallypositioned supporting hook, said pants hanger comprising a pair ofvertically disposed parallel wire spring members that are coiled attheir medial points and have the upper ends thereof secured to said armson opposite sides of said supporting hook and within the outer ends ofsaid arms, a pair of telescoping tubes with one tube secured to thelower end of one of said spring members and the other of said tubessecured to the lower end of the other of said spring members, the outerends of said tubes being flattened, a pair of inverted U-shaped pantsengaging elements, each of said elements having a bight portion formedof spaced parallel portions joined by an arcuate portion, and said bightportions are positioned within the flattened ends of said tubes and theouter edges of said elements being notched to firmly grip the pants toretain the same on said elements.

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